Protecting Patient Safety through Computerized Provider Order Entry

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Protecting Patient SafetythroughComputerized
Provider Order Entry
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Did you know

• Patient safety is the top concern amongst
  healthcare IT executives (HIMSS Leadership
  Survey, Superior Consultant Co., December 2002)
• Canada invests 10million for the establishment
  of a Canadian Patient Safety Institute (Canada
  Federal Budget, February 2003)
• The future will dramatically Increase Physician
  Order Entry (Dorenfest Complete IHDS, 2002)

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Conference Committee

• HIMSS-Wa Board
• Cindy Chin,
• Programs
• Monte Prentice,
• Programs
• Michael Nusbaum,
• Communications

• BCHIMPS Executive
• Theresa Roberts,
• President
• Jenny Karim,
• Director
• Lisa Marsh,
• Secretary-Treasurer

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Your Leaders

• Pete Shelkin,
• HIMSS-Wa

• Theresa Roberts,
• BCHIMPS

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Our Sponsor